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L. s. WILLIAMS WEIGHING SCALE Filed Dec. 31, 1942 I5 Sheets-Sheet 3 5 v mm m Wm. M m m 8 m w Patented Mar. 7, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WEIGHING SCALE Lawrence S. Williams, Toledo, hio,assignor to Toledo Scale Company, Toledo, Ohio, a corporation of New Jersey Application December 31, 1942, Serial No. 470,752

6 Claims.

This invention relates toweighing scales.

It is an object of this invention to provide a weighing scale having two different maximum capacities and a weight printing attachment and Fig. X is a fragmentary plan view of portions of the mechanism shown in Fig. IX.

These specific drawings and the specific description that follows merely disclose and illusmeans for changing the capacity and the print- 5 trate the invention and are not intended to iming of the weights in accordance with such change. pose limitations upon the claims.

It is another object of this invention to provide A load receving platter I0 is mounted on levers a weight printing scale having an indication in (not shown) in a base H and is connected by which figures recording decimal fractions of such levers to a vertical pullrod l2, the upper end units of weight are printed in one color and fig- 10 of which is pivotally connected to a lever I3. The ures recording units of weight are printed in anlever 13 is mounted by fulcrum pivots I4 in bearother color. ings I5 which are located in the interior of a col- It is a further object of this invention to proumnar housing l6 erected at the rear of the base vide a weighing scale having two load receiving It. A second load receiver comprising a pan ll members connected to a common load counter- 15 is pivotally hung from the outermost end of the balancing mechanism and a printing attachment main lever l3. The ratio between the pivot diswhich records the weights of articles weighed on tances of the pullrod l2 and the hanging pan ll either of the two load receiving members in terms from the fulcrum pivot I4 is 10 to l and thus an of. the capacities of such load receiving members. object placed in the pan l1 exerts l0 times as A still further object of this invention is to promuch force on the lever l3 as does the same obvide a two capacity scale having two separate ject when placed on the platter ID; or, an object load receivers, means'for preventing the use of placed in the pan I! which weighs one-tenth as one of such load receivers when the other isin much as an object placed on the platter I0, exerts use and means for. varying the indication of the same amount ofiorce on the lever l3. printing attachment in. accordance with that one The lever I3 is connected, by means of a pullrod of such load receivers which is being used: 18 extending upwardly through the housing lb More specific objects and advantages are anand into the interior of a dial housing [9 which parent from the description, in which reference is mounted thereon, to force counterbalancing is had to the accompanying drawings illustrating mechanism (not shown) located inside the hous- .a preferred form of scale embodying the invening I9. tion. I Adisk 20 (see Fig. VII) is mounted upon a g In the drawings: 7 p U i shaft 2| which is rotated by the force counter- Fig. Iis a view in elevation of a weighing scale balancing mechanism in response to force created embodying the invention. 7 I H by a load placed either upon the platter III or the i II s a ew taken Substantially On the line pan II. The disk 20 bears a series of weight in- IIII of-F'ig. I. v dicia 22,

Fi 111 'sr at y enlargedfragmentary view Aselection mechanism, indicated generally by taken substantially from the position indicated by the numeral 23, cooperate with t disk 20 and is the l ne III-III n II. controlled by its position under a load to move an Fig IV is a fragmentary view in elevation show- 40 arcuate strip 24 (see also Fig. IV) which bears a in t e s 0f a ng h printing indicaseries of indicia 25 made up of digits 0 to 9 ti'on in accordance with the use of the two difie'ri lusi h mechanism 23 is a motor and em capacities the Scale illustrated in g. cam driven variation of the chart positioning for Figs. V and VI are fragmentary illustrations printing mechanism disclosed in United States showing the printed indication provided by the Patent No. 2,288,761 and as it does not form part scale illustrated inFig. I; of the instant invention it, therefore, is not fully Fig. VII is a fragmentary view in elevation of disclosed herein). The arcuate strip 24 is moved indication printing mechanism employed in the by the mechanism 23 into apositio'n where that scale illustrated in Fig. I. one'of the type borne by it corresponding to the Fig. VIII is a. greatly enlarged vertical sectional m nt of Wei h verand above that .one of view taken substantially on the line VIII-VIII of the indicia 22 (borne by the disk 20) Just smaller Fig. VII. than the object being weighed is positioned ad- Fig. IX is a fragmentary view in elevation Jacent such indicium ofthe series 22. Bothithe taken substantially from theposition shown by disk 20 and the strip .24 are then moved. bythe the line IX-IXin Fig. VII. mechanism into a positionto be printed which is outlined in Fig. IV (the type 29% being shown therein).

The type so moved into printing position by the disk and the strip 24 are squeezed against a card or other impression receiving medium 26 (Figs. I and VIII) by means of a co-acting platen 21 and abutment 28. The inner edg of the disk 20 and the strip 24 extend between opposed faces of the platen 21 and the abutment 28. a card guide 29 is located immediately in front of the disk 20 having an aperture 30 located in the posie tion into which the type borne by the disk and the strip are lined up to be printed. A two color ribbon 3| also extends between the faces of the platen and the abutment on that side of the card guide 29 furtherest removed from the disk 20 and strip 24.

After the disk 20 and strip 24 have been posi: tioned, printing is accomplished by the energize:

tion of a solenoid 32 which pulls upwardly on its core rod 33 and through a pair of toggle links 34 squeezes the. abutment 28 and platen 21 together, thereby imprinting the type in line with the aperture on the card 26.

A collapsible frame 35 (constructed similar to i a lazy tongs" or pantograph) is mounted for horizontal extension on a bracket 36 secured to the front of the housing 16. A handle 31 is secured to the front of the frame 35 for collapsing or extending the frame. A rearmost member 38 of the frame 35 is elongated and formed into an arm 39 on the outermost; end of which there is attached a horizontal plate 40. When the frame 35 is extended by pulling the handle 31 forward over the platter l0 (as shown in solid lines in Fig. II) the plate 40 is moved to the rear of the pan 11 which it overlies when the frame 35 is collapsed (as shown in dotted lines in liig'. II). A pin 41 which is riveted to the member 38 extends downwardly through a slot 42 in the bracket 35 and moves sideways when the frame 35 is extended or collapsed. An inner wire 43 of a Bowden cable 44 is secured to the pin 4|, the cable 44 being held in a clamp 45 mounted on the bracket 35. The Bowden cable 44 extends into the. ho11sing 19 being secured by a clamp 46 to the main frame on which the platen 21 and abutment 28 mounted (as shown in Fig. IX) The end of the inner wire 43 is secured to the lower end of a rocker arm 41 which is mounted on a rod 43 secured in two cars 49 extending upwardly from a frame member 50 Two guides 5| for the two color ribbon 3| are mounted at the ends of the arms of a U. shaped frame 52 which is rockingly mounted on the rod 48. A coil spring 53 surrounds the rod 48 one end being secured to the frame 52 and the other end to a collar 54 on the, rod 48. The spring 53 urges the frame 52 to swing upe wardly (in a clockwise direction, Fig. IX). The rocking movement of the frame 52 is limited by a pair of adjustable stops 55 which are threaded through portions of the frame member 50.. The rocker arm 41 is connected to. the frame 52 by means of a lost motion connection which may be formed by cutting an arcuate opening 55 in its hub and forming upper. and lower tabs 51 to the ends of the slot 55 which engage the frame 52 when the rocker arm 41 is swung.

Thus when the frame. 35 is extended over the platter ID the rocker arm 41 and the frame 52 are in the position shown in Fig. IX and the. two color ribbon 3| is in its upper. position as shown in Fig. IV. The dividing line between the. two colors in the ribbon then lies between the nu-. merals in the series of indicia 22v borne. by. the

disk 20 and when the indicia ar printed the indication is as shown in Fig. V where the weight of the article weighed in the pan I1 is shown as 2.94 increments of weight. When the frame 35 is collapsed and the plate 40 positioned to overlie the pan l1, the rocker arm 41 is swung in a counterclockwise direction (see Fig. IX) and its upper tab 51 swings the frame 52 in the same direction. This moves the two color ribbon 3| down into its lower position (as shown in dotted lines in Fig. IV) and the dividing line between the two colors now lies between the periphery of the disk 20 and the strip 24. The indication printed by the scale (in the event that the article placed on the platter I0 is 10 times as heavy as the article weighed in the pan [1 as above described) is 29.4 increments of weight as shown in Fig.VI.

The scale thus has two weighing capacities and means for changing its printed indication in accordance with the capacity being employed.

The embodiment of the invention that has been disclosed may be modified to meet various requirements.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a weighing scale, in combination, load counterbalancing mechanism, a weight printing device controlled thereby, a plurality of load receivers, each of said load receivers being so connected to said load counterbalancing mechanism that there exists a fixed ratio between the weighing capacities of, said load receivers and between the weights of loads which when placed on said load receivers cause said load counterbalancing mechanism to react to the same extent, means for selecting that one of said load receivers upon which a particular load is to be weighed and other means for conditioning said weight printing device to print the weight of a load in terms of the capacity of that one of said load receivers upon which it is weighed.

2 In a weighing scale, in combination, load counterbalancing mechanism, a weight indicating device controlled thereby, a plurality of load receivers, each of said load receivers being so connected to said load counterbalancing mechanism that there exists a fixed ratio between the weighing capacities of said load receivers and between the weights of loads which, when placed on said load receivers, cause said load counterbalancing mechanism to react to the same extent, a guard positionable above each of said load receivers, said guards being so interconnected that only one can be removed from above its associated load receiver at a time and means for conditioning said Weight indicating device to indicate theweight of a load in terms oi: the. capacity of that one of said load receivers upon which it is weighed.

3. In a weighing scale, in combination, load counterba lancing mechanism, a weight printing device controlled thereby, a plurality of load receivers, each of said load receivers being so connected to said load counterbalancing mechanism that there exists a fixed ratio between the weighing capacities of said load receivers and between the weights of loads which, when placed on said load receivers, cause said load counterbalancing mechanism to react to the same extent, said weight printing device being adapted to print the weights of loads weighed oneither of said load receivers and including a member bearing printing ie i a a an im re ion in m d um. and means for changing the impression taken in accordance with and in terms of the capacity of that one of said lead receivers employed.

4. In a weighing scale, in combination, load counterbalancing mechanism, a weight printing device controlled thereby, a plurality of load receivers, each of said load receivers being so connected to said load counterbalancing mechanism that there exists a fixed ratio between the weighing capacities of said load receivers and between the weights of loads which, when placed on said load receivers, cause said load counterbalancing mechanism to react to the same extent, said weight printing device comprising an indicia bearing element, an impression taking medium and means for changing the impression taken in accordance with and in terms of the capacity of that one of said load receivers employed, and a plurality of guards, each being positionable above one of said load receivers and so interconnected extent, a weight printing device comprising an element bearing indicia arranged in decimal relationshi and means for printing the integers and proper decimals of weights in different colors, and mechanism for conditioning the last named means for printing said indicia with the decimal point set forth by color difference at a point in accordance with that one of said load receivers being employed.

6. In a weighing scale, in combination, load counterbalancing mechanism, a plurality of load receivers so connected thereto that there is a decimal ratio between the capacities of said load receivers and the weights of loads, which, when placed on said load receivers, cause said load counterbalancing mechanism to react to the same extent, a weight printing devicecomprising an element bearing weight indicia arranged in decimal relationship, and a longitudinally divided two-color ribbon variably positionable with the dividing line between said colors located between adjacent digits in each of said indicia, and means for shifting said ribbon in accordance with that one of said load receivers being employed for printing said indicia in terms of the capacity of such load receiver.

LAWRENCE S. WILLIAMS. 

